Today was one of those days where rain never stopped falling. A day where the wind roared and the leaves jumped down the street in sync. I sat in the front seat of my mom's dodge mini van watching the water pour from the sky.
"Aren't you excited sweetie?" my mom's jolly voice rang in my ears.
"About what?" I knew exactly what she was talking about, and I hated the reality of being a part of it.
Today was the day we finally moved.
Weeks of hints and small talk built up to this moment. I remember sitting down reading one of my zombie stories when my mother suddenly appeared in my door.
"Whacha reading honey?" she asked as if she really wanted to know.
I could almost feel the annoyance reradiating off me, "Zombies mom."
"Sounds great!" her voice always seemed to squeak when she was excited, and I knew something was about to happen. "but can I ask my lovely Robin a hypothetical question?"
I cringed, God don't let us have a sex talk. "Yes?" I could only hope my prayer would be answered.
"What do you say about moving to Cambine?" she asked playing with a strain of her curly black hair.
I sat my book on the floor," Excuse me?"
Cambine had to be the creepiest place ever put on the maps, why the hell would she want to move there?
She jumped into my room," Oh honey just think of the possible opportunity we could have there, It'll be like mother and daughter against the world!"
I stared at her, totally not impressed. "Excuse me?"
"Please sweetie, you know with the divorce and everything, I just think that an exotic place like Cambine would help me, no, help us start over."
That sentence said it all, she was still upset about dad, and wanted to move to someplace just to shake the feeling that he ever existed. I knew I couldn't say no, not after she pulled the daddy and mommy divorce card on me. I still couldn't believe what I was about to do, I simply stared into her dark brown eyes and said "Sure mom, I think moving there would be great."
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The memory made me shiver, I still couldn't believe I let that divorce bullshit talk me into agreeing with this move. My mom continued to ramble on about the big move. How we would visit all the stores we wanted too or look off of cliffs at beautiful sunsets. Then she said something that peaked my interest.
"And honey your going to love your new school!"
Fuck! I totally forgot about that! Going to a new school had to be the hardest thing anyone could ever go through. I couldn't imagine how bad of an outcast I would be. Cambine might have been creepy, but the weirdest thing was that mostly everyone there never seemed to tan. They were pale as a bone, especially compared to my dark skin.
"I can't wait mom." I said with fake smile, I was dead inside.
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